It was a special night for the Saranac boys basketball team Friday night as the Redskins hosted Pewamo-Westphalia for their third-annual Pink Out game.

Like in years past, te event brought out a large crowd of community members who showed their support for the fight against breast cancer.

On the court, Saranac struggled against the No. 7 team in Class C as the Pirates earned a 71-25 victory.

With the win, P-W remains in first-place alone in the Central Michigan Athletic Conference standings (12-0) heading into its game on Tuesday against second-place Laingsburg.

Pirate coach Luke Pohl said he was happy with his teams play as they came out and pushed themselves hard.

"We just push the kids everyday," he said. "Not so much to go out and play versus the opponent, but against themselves. We just want to go out and get better.

"Tonight we got after it and played well."Along with pacing his team with 20 points Friday night, P-W junior Nick Spitzley scored the 1,000th point of his career and moved into fourth on the Pirate boys basketball all-time scorers list.

The Pirates jumped out to an 18-5 lead in the first quarter against the Redskins. Saranac freshman Branden Smith scored all five points in the opening period for his team.

After extending their advantage to 44-12 by hafltime, the Pirates outscored Saranac 18-5 in the third to take a 62-17 lead into the final quarter.

Lane Simon finished with nine points for P-W.

Saranac was paced by John Kinsman, who finished with eight points, while Smith chipped in with seven.

P-W (15-1, 12-0 in CMAC) will travel to Laingsburg on Wednesday.

Saranac (1-15, 1-11 in CMAC) will head to Portland on Wednesday night to take on the Shamrocks of Portland St. Patrick.